Labour's new tactic to target Cameron

Labour is to focus on the Prime Minister's 'shift to the right' as the party takes on the Tories during conference season

Cameron's policies are moving towards the right, according to a leaked document (Olivia Harris)

Labour is preparing a campaign to portray David Cameron as an old-fashioned,
“recognisably rightwing” Tory, according to leaked policy documents.

The two-and-a-half page paper, written by Shaun Woodward, suggests the prime
minister has abandoned the political middle ground in favour of a more
traditional Conservative stance on issues such as immigration, welfare and
law and order.

Woodward, a former Conservative Director of Communications and MP for
Cameron’s Witney constituency, joined Labour in 1999 and now heads its
anti-Tory attack unit.

His paper focuses on the prime minister’s perceived vulnerabilities, arguing
that his talk of “moral collapse” and demands for scaled-up sentences for
rioters show his party has “moved rapidly rightwards”.

Woodward says Labour needs to adapt to this new stance in order to mount a
convincing battle during party conference season.

He writes: “Like first world war generals, we must avoid making all our
preparations for the last battle rather